52 Healthy Salad Recipes: Corn Avocado Salad
One of our most popular healthy salad recipes! Corn, tomatoes, cucumber and avocado are simply dressed with a hint of lime. Perfect salad starter, dinner side salad, side dish to any protein or make for an easy lunch!
Servings: 6 -8 servings
Calories: 269kcal
Ingredients
- 3 ears of corn 2 cups corn kernels
- 1 lb mini cucumbers or 1 large English cucumber sliced
- 1 lb grape/cherry tomatoes cut in halves or regular size, chopped
- 3 medium-large avocados cubed
- 3 green onion sprigs finely chopped
- 1 lime zest and juice of
- 2 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- To grill corn, remove it from the husk and grill on medium heat for approximately 20 minutes. Turn every 5 minutes.
- To cook corn in Instant Pot, add 1 cup water, trivet and as many corn as you can fit. Pressure cook on High Pressure for 2 minutes and then release pressure right away.
- If using frozen corn, run it in a colander under warm water for 1 minute and drain.
- Cut off cooked kernels from the cob by slicing them with a chef's knife. You will end up with strips of cooked corn.
- Add cooked corn, cucumber, tomato, avocado, green onion, lime zest and juice, olive oil, salt and pepper to a large salad bowl.
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Notes
Store: Refrigerate covered for up to 1 day.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.66cup | Calories: 269kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 214mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 7g